A little admonishment, that's what I feel.
Yes, my preconceived use of a few notes, no, my dependence on very few familiar left hand notes,
isn't a form you would recognize, and I shouldn't have used your word.
I'm not familiar with seventeen of the twenty forms you mentioned,
but if scherzo is close to schitzo I'm almost there.
Thank you for telling me about David Briggs. A friend had one of his albums in high school.
Not to aggravate you, and this might, but I liked "Switched on Bach", synthesizer versions,
and "The Four Seasons", a double album, synthesizer use, by, uh, Walter to Wendy Carlos,
someone who got synthesized himself-herself. I can only revere all life on earth.
I bought those two albums for myself, and I didn't buy a lot of albums, going through guitar strings and batteries.
Thinking about them now I can see why I gravitated to them,
because the synthesizers allowed more tone and loud volume, a direct injection of electronic signal,
than microphones were capable of, considering the Piezo Pickup came out after that.
You're right about Toronto, I lived there three times playing in bands and haven't been there for over twenty years.
I miss sitting outside listening to a Royal Conservatory busker playing away on a beautiful instrument.
I miss my Ottawa Symphony and Ottawa Symphony Orchestra bassoon playing girlfriend even more.
She's the only musician I've ever wanted to visit just to watch her practice.
I was sponsored in a residence by Professor John McCallum, Electronics, at York University.
It was nice living in an almost dust-free environment, electronically.
I'm not able to attend services as a meditative participant in St. James Cathedral in Toronto,
and I don't want to take advantage of a congregation just to listen to the music.
I don't want to be seen as being reduced to quibbling, considering my now acknowledged off-topicness,
but let me describe my travels across Canada, okay, specifically Ontario, in terms of a cathedral.
As far as I know, the only cathedral outside of Quebec is in Guelph, and I've walked past St. James in Toronto.
What qualifies the Guelph church as a cathedral, just what they say, is the section behind a wall behind the pulpit.
It's a walkway the width of the building with life-sized scenes on both sides, re-enacting stories from the Holy Bible.
Of course there's a pipe organ there, with talk of flying buttresses, so small I wouldn't call them that.
I played in Guelph in a couple of different bands, and always visited on a weekday to see,
thinking the figures and scenes looked better than Madame Tousaud's Museum in Niagara Falls.
I've always only thought of it as the cathedral in Guelph, not knowing the name for you.
Congratulations on being a moderator. I aspire to such a fontitude of musical responsiblity,
even if I'm sure that my concept, and ability, of moderating is different from yours.
Something tells me it would involve a form you recognize, a lot of waltzing around.
That would be an interactive upgrade from being a local music columnist and featured article music reporter,
a old job I miss. Having a press pass, getting into shows backstage from Buffalo to Toronto, nice!
But just like every other success that isn't approved by the criminals that run this city,
it didn't last very long. Getting investigative in my home town, a Bob Woodward influence, was very bad.
Hearing two sets and talking with McCoy Tyner in 1976-77? for twenty minutes, during a break,
was the best, and no-one in his band, touring behind "Atlantis", played electric guitar.
Thanks for the three links.